Countries

Olga I. Gómez Andujo A00821906

Manuel Alejandro Orozco A00344227

This twelfth week we had presentations about 7 different countries, Singapore, Ireland, Malawi, South Africa, Scotland, Hong Kong, Kenya.

With all this information now we are going to write a summary about what we learned from each one. Except those that the team members of this essay presented: Ireland and Scotland.

Singapore

This country is located between Indonesia and Malaysia. It’s surroundings are made of islands such as Pulau, Ubin, Pedra Branca, among others. Singapore is the capital of the country being described. It is typically tropical in that country, that means that there’s humidity and hotness. The government gives the right to the citizenship to choose whatever religion they want to believe in. Buddhism is the top on beliefs in this country. The country is made of mostly chinese, then Malay and lastly Indian. This is why this country has a huge variety of official languages: Malay, English, Indian (Tamil), and Chinese (Mandarin). Due to the it’s cultural mix, now their daily life food is done with rice, chicken, fish, and vegetables. Having meals in home is not common in Singapore, they prefer to go to food centers, where food is cheap. The main industry or activity is manufacturing. Afterwards the financial and business services are the second most important industry

Malawi

For me the presentation of Malawi was the best one, they made me fall in love of the country and dreaming in visit it. We learned about their location that is in Africa near Mozambique, Zambia and Ethiopia. Their flag has three colors and a sun which means freedom and hope.The reason why they speak English is because they were invaded by British people many years ago, but some dialects have survived through the years. The economy comes specially from agriculture. The main religion is protestants, and they have many alvine people and this is because a gen has been modified and through the years it has been growing.

They also call Malawi as “The warm hearth of Africa” because people there are really good. They count with five national parks, wildlife reserves.

They have a lot of problems with aids as usual in countries of Africa mainly in the parts where people are poorer, 52.4% of the country lives in poverty. Life expectancy is sixty years old.   

South Africa

We learned that  South Africa has 3 capitals; Cape Town (Where the laws are made), Pretoria (Where the country is run) and Bloemfontein (Where the people go to court). They also have 3 main religions Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. They are the biggest producers of Platinum in the world.They were invaded by British people many years ago, reason why their main language is English even tho they speak many dialects. Their life expectancy is fifty eight years old. They really like sports because they are the only country in the world that has hosted the Soccer, Rugby, and Cricket  World cup. One really important people in South Africa is Nelson Mandela who fighted for freedom, and arrived to be president of South Africa, the first black person to be president. They had for many years the Apartheid that was a facial friction that banned black people in Parliament and this was broken until 1994. Their main laws where: the prohibition of mixed marriages, Immortality Amendment and separate representation of voters.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is only the court name of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. This small country is located in the southern part of China. This country is the fourth most densely populated area in the world. Hong Kong is commonly target by typhoons. The life expectancy in this country is in the top six countries with the highest quantity of life years that person can have. Only ten percent of the population believe in Christianity, while the other 90% on buddhism and Taoism. The official languages in this country is English and Chinese because Hong Kong was an English colony the began being ruled by England in 1841 and finished until 1997. This Hong Kong history has led the country to be a high competitive country in terms of business and economy. An interesting fact is that this place has the most skyscrapers in the world.

Kenya

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, which is located at the equater and East Africa Rift, bordering the Indian Ocean.  Kenia is the forty-seven larger country in the world. The weather consists on being tropical in the coast and arid in the interior part, which helps to do it one of the best countries to have successful agricultural production in Africa. Their main language is English but they also speak 69 different languages. The population in this country surrounds the 48 millions, which more than four fifths of the population are Christians. The main economic activity in Kenya is farming. The country is among the top exporters of coffee, tea, flowers, and pyrethrum. They are really conservative and reserved with their culture. The touristic areas are mainly three: The Fourteen Falls in Thika, the Crying Stone in Kakamega, and Machakos City.